- Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Costa Rica at the Olympic Games
Flag of Costa Rica – Flag bearersIOC code CRC NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica Website www.olimpicocrc.org (Spanish) At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Competitors 20 in 6 sports Medals Gold
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0Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Winter Games 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 Costa Rica competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Contents
Results by event
Athletics
Women's 400 metres
- Jean Robotham
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- Round 1 — 58.2 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Juan Pérez
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- Round 1 — 15:41.4 min (→ 12th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Juan Pérez — 32:14.6 min (→ 30th place)
Men's marathon
- Juan Pérez — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's high jump
- Sandra Johnson
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- Qualification — DNS (→ no ranking)
Women's long jump
- Jean Robotham
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- Qualification — 4.75 m (→ no ranking)
Women's pentathlon
- Jean Robotham
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- 80 m hurdles — 13.4 s (→ 712 points)
- Shot put — 8.73 m (→ 615 points)
- High jump — NM (→ 0 points)
- Long jump — 4.74 m (→ 686 points)
- 100 m hurdles — 25.4 s (→ 896 points)
- Total — 2909 pts (→ 32nd place)
Boxing
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
- José Marín
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- Round 2 - Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger
Light middleweight (71 kg)
- Walter Campos
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- Round 1 - Lost to Stephen Thega of Kenya
Cycling
Road race
- Miguel Sánchez — 5:20:59.18 hrs (→ 63rd place)
- José Sánchez — DNF (→ no ranking)
- Manuel Soto — DNF (→ no ranking)
- Humberto Solano — DNF (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
- José Sánchez, Manuel Soto, Miguel Sánchez, Humberto Solano — 2:36:25.79 hrs (→ 27th place)
Shooting
Men's 50 m rifle - prone position
- Carlos Pacheco — 587 pts (→ 52nd place)
- Hugo Chamberlain — 583 pts (→ 66th place)
Men's 50 m rifle - three positions
- Hugo Chamberlain — 1064 pts (→ 57th place)
- Álvaro Guardia — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 m pistol
- Antonio Mora — 499 pts (→ 67th place)
- Rodrigo Ruiz — 485 pts (→ 68th place)
Men's skeet
- Carlos Pacheco — 176 pts (→ 42nd place)
- Jorge Andre — 75 pts (→ 51st place)
Swimming
Men's 100 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 1:04.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres freestyle
- Edgar Miranda
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Weightlifting
Middleweight
- Luis Fonseca
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- Press — 107.5 kg
- Snatch — 97.5 kg
- Jerk — 130.0 kg
- Total — 335.0 kg (→ 17th place)
Light heavyweight
- Rodolfo Castillo
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- Press — 112.5 kg
- Snatch — 105.0 kg
- Jerk — 140.0 kg
- Total — 357.5 kg (→ 21st place)
Middle heavyweight
- Fernando Esquivel
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- Press — 120.0 kg
- Snatch — 105.0 kg
- Jerk — 145.0 kg
- Total — 370.0 kg (→ 23rd place)
References
Categories:- Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Costa Rica at the Olympics
- 1968 in Costa Rica
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